Survivors of the Sept. 8 earthquake return to devastated villages. 'This was our paradise,' says a 74-year-old woman. 'Everyone in this village is like family to me, and our family is now shattered.'
Brother and sister Boujemaa and Aicha Ounasser return home to their birthplace in the Atlas Mountains on Sept. 12 to view the rubble of the devastating earthquake in Tnirte, Morocco.
Last week, they met up in Marrakech and hitchhiked up into the mountains, until the roads became impassable. Then they started walking alongside donkeys ferrying water and blankets over narrow dirt roads strewn with fallen stones."All of our memories, will they still be there?" asks Aicha, who's 74. She wears a bright blue robe and beige headscarf.
Mohammed takes Aicha's hand and guides her uphill, pointing out damage. This once-idyllic hamlet, nestled in apple and apricot groves, is now just a giant pile of red clay bricks and debris.Become a KPBS sponsor"This was our paradise," Aicha says."Everyone in this village is like family to me, and our family is now shattered.
Erbeen and her family gather in an enclosed space on her grandfather's land, where they have been sleeping since the quake hit.Erbeen, 18, was home from college on summer vacation, having a slumber party with her younger sister and two cousins on the night of Sept 8. They were in their pajamas, giggling over Instagram posts, when the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit.
"They were friends of my grandmother. They used to come to our house," Erbeen says."We ate together, smiled together, laughed."Carol Guzy for NPR
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